Orauta School Must Stand Firm

“Orauta
School must stand firm and remain in open defiance of this
Government and the Ministry of Education,” says Peter
Osborne, the Libertarianz Spokesman to Deregulate Education,
in response to Ministry of Mis-Education orders to close.

“The Labour Government ordered Orauta School to close
down. Now that the school has chosen to remain open using
its own trust funding, the Ministry of Education have
started prosecution proceedings against parents of attending
pupils. This is a classic case of the state acting against
its own citizens - something this Nanny Government has shown
itself rather partial to.”

“It must be noted that the
Ministry of Mis-Education is targeting the parents, who are
in breach of the Education Act. A common ploy of tyrannies
through the ages is to attack the group who are least united
in the hope that once one buckles, the rest will follow. To
threaten these people in such a way is a disgrace and is a
most cowardly act.”

He wonders, “How much freedom are
New Zealanders prepared to relinquish to the state before
they realise they’ve been conned. We have a group of people
with the courage to openly stand up and defend themselves
against a government that shows scant regard for freedom.
If ever there were a group of people in dire need of support
for their cause, we have one here. And if ever there was a
time for other schools to stand up and reject the
self-serving edicts of the state, we have one now.”

He
asks, “So what if the school isn’t registered as a private
school? This is a mutual agreement between parents and
school and is therefore none of the state's business. It is
the parents' approval that makes the school's actions a
moral one - the Ministry's disapproval is immaterial, and
under Libertarianz would be illegal.”

“The Ministry whines
that it 'can’t guarantee the quality of education
provided'," notes Osborne, who points out that these parents
are not asking the state to guarantee anything; they are
making their own choice themselves. "And as we've seen with
the forced retraining programme for Early Childhood
teachers, choice is precisely what the Ministry is opposed
to. Anyway," concludes Osborne, "given its own woeful track
record, quite what the Ministry would know about 'quality' I
expect most of New Zealand would be at a loss to
say."

Libertarianz challenge all schools who are
struggling to maintain their independence from intrusive
bureaucrats to throw their united weight behind these
people. It is easy to sit and do nothing but to find out
what this government is truly capable of could be something
that we may all regret for some
time.

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